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The first edition of Calvin’s Institutes appeared in 1536, when Calvin was only twenty six years old. It contains six chapters, and became an instant bestseller. The second edition was published in 1539, and was expanded to seventeen chapters, including new references to the works of Augustine, Origin, and other Church Fathers, as well as chapters on the knowledge of God, predestination, and...

Christum esse mortuum, ut in cruce maledictionem nostram sustineret, peccata nostra expiaret corporis sui sacrificio, sanguineque ablueret, nos denique reconciliaret Deo Patri? Ex quo uno plus discere poterant quam ex mille crucibus ligneis aut lapideis: nam in aureas et argenteas avari mentes et oculos tenacius forte defigunt, quam in ulla Dei verba. 8. Porro de idolorum origine, publico fere consensu receptum est quod in libro Sapientiae habetur (Sap. 14:15.): primos scil. exstitisse eorum auctores,
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